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  1. 1. superl. Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To make brown or dusky. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. i. To become brown. Source: opted
  7. 7. adj. of a color similar to that of wood or earth Source: wordnet
  8. 8. adj. (of skin) deeply suntanned Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. an orange of low brightness and saturation Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. fry in a pan until it changes color Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. make brown in color Source: wordnet

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